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Election 1888 Results

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1888 presidential election in Kentucky

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in Kentucky in 1888, 53.3% to 45.0%, a margin of 8.3 points and 28,692 votes.

Kentucky voted 7.5 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.8.

The Democratic hold continued from 1884, when Grover Cleveland also won.

Democrats led in 75 of the 119 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 44. The largest, Jefferson, cast 30,591 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.3 points. The closest was Wayne, where 1 vote separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Grover Cleveland won	Democratic	183,830	53.3%
Benjamin Harrison	Republican	155,138	45.0%
All other candidates		5,900	1.7%
Total		344,868

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Jefferson	17,535 57.3%	12,863 42.0%	193	30,591	D+15.3
Kenton	5,879 58.8%	3,994 40.0%	118	9,991	D+18.9
Campbell	4,160 49.7%	4,141 49.5%	68	8,369	D+0.2
Fayette	3,435 50.1%	3,301 48.1%	123	6,859	D+2.0
Warren	3,587 57.2%	2,590 41.3%	99	6,276	D+15.9
Daviess	3,818 62.4%	2,238 36.6%	59	6,115	D+25.8
Christian	2,247 37.7%	3,481 58.5%	226	5,954	R+20.7
Henderson	3,043 53.9%	2,413 42.8%	188	5,644	D+11.2
Logan	3,010 56.8%	2,248 42.4%	44	5,302	D+14.4
Mason	2,778 54.7%	2,265 44.6%	34	5,077	D+10.1
Pulaski	1,752 36.3%	2,924 60.6%	146	4,822	R+24.3
Madison	2,406 50.0%	2,343 48.7%	59	4,808	D+1.3
Barren	2,749 59.5%	1,791 38.8%	81	4,621	D+20.7
Ohio	2,066 49.1%	2,100 49.9%	45	4,211	R+0.8
Bourbon	1,990 48.8%	2,052 50.3%	40	4,082	R+1.5
Owen	2,922 74.8%	834 21.3%	153	3,909	D+53.4
Franklin	2,334 61.6%	1,429 37.7%	29	3,792	D+23.9
Hopkins	1,882 50.8%	1,569 42.4%	252	3,703	D+8.5
Scott	2,037 55.1%	1,531 41.4%	126	3,694	D+13.7
Graves	2,432 65.9%	1,182 32.0%	74	3,688	D+33.9
Shelby	2,219 60.2%	1,436 38.9%	32	3,687	D+21.2
Hardin	2,175 59.2%	1,421 38.7%	76	3,672	D+20.5
Muhlenberg	1,768 48.7%	1,817 50.0%	49	3,634	R+1.3
Fleming	1,813 50.0%	1,711 47.2%	101	3,625	D+2.8
Harrison	2,133 58.9%	1,327 36.6%	164	3,624	D+22.2
Breckinridge	1,826 50.6%	1,769 49.0%	13	3,608	D+1.6
McCracken	1,812 52.9%	1,535 44.8%	79	3,426	D+8.1
Pendleton	1,945 56.9%	1,417 41.5%	55	3,417	D+15.5
Lawrence	1,655 49.0%	1,717 50.8%	6	3,378	R+1.8
Clark	1,835 54.7%	1,467 43.7%	54	3,356	D+11.0
Lewis	1,379 41.8%	1,880 57.0%	38	3,297	R+15.2
Henry	1,964 59.7%	1,184 36.0%	142	3,290	D+23.7
Union	2,244 69.0%	955 29.4%	53	3,252	D+39.6
Todd	1,622 50.5%	1,555 48.4%	38	3,215	D+2.1
Mercer	1,711 53.5%	1,361 42.5%	128	3,200	D+10.9
Hart	1,635 51.1%	1,506 47.1%	56	3,197	D+4.0
Carter	1,373 43.1%	1,773 55.7%	37	3,183	R+12.6
Lincoln	1,612 51.3%	1,322 42.1%	209	3,143	D+9.2
Grayson	1,461 48.2%	1,513 49.9%	58	3,032	R+1.7
Nelson	1,876 62.1%	1,102 36.5%	44	3,022	D+25.6
Bath	1,545 52.4%	1,362 46.2%	40	2,947	D+6.2
Whitley	681 23.3%	2,202 75.5%	34	2,917	R+52.1
Allen	1,527 52.7%	1,326 45.8%	45	2,898	D+6.9
Bracken	1,702 59.7%	1,066 37.4%	83	2,851	D+22.3
Boyd	1,302 45.7%	1,531 53.7%	17	2,850	R+8.0
Boyle	1,399 49.6%	1,367 48.4%	57	2,823	D+1.1
Grant	1,604 57.4%	1,126 40.3%	62	2,792	D+17.1
Boone	2,116 76.3%	639 23.0%	18	2,773	D+53.3
Montgomery	1,531 55.3%	1,202 43.4%	35	2,768	D+11.9
Washington	1,328 49.0%	1,365 50.4%	17	2,710	R+1.4
Butler	973 36.2%	1,637 60.9%	78	2,688	R+24.7
Webster	1,626 60.6%	1,034 38.5%	24	2,684	D+22.1
Woodford	1,387 52.6%	1,217 46.1%	34	2,638	D+6.4
Marion	1,599 60.7%	1,008 38.3%	27	2,634	D+22.4
Greenup	1,236 47.6%	1,360 52.3%	2	2,598	R+4.8
Crittenden	1,175 45.8%	1,357 52.9%	32	2,564	R+7.1
Nicholas	1,475 57.8%	933 36.6%	143	2,551	D+21.2
Pike	1,249 49.5%	1,266 50.2%	6	2,521	R+0.7
Jessamine	1,310 52.8%	1,110 44.8%	60	2,480	D+8.1
Adair	1,128 46.1%	1,283 52.5%	35	2,446	R+6.3
Simpson	1,525 62.4%	859 35.2%	59	2,443	D+27.3
Laurel	975 40.5%	1,384 57.5%	46	2,405	R+17.0
Casey	1,125 47.1%	1,204 50.4%	61	2,390	R+3.3
Garrard	1,124 47.1%	1,220 51.2%	40	2,384	R+4.0
Carroll	1,632 70.1%	623 26.8%	73	2,328	D+43.3
Green	1,047 46.2%	1,181 52.1%	40	2,268	R+5.9
Wayne	1,108 49.4%	1,107 49.4%	28	2,243	level
Johnson	854 38.3%	1,357 60.8%	21	2,232	R+22.5
Caldwell	1,098 49.8%	1,080 49.0%	26	2,204	D+0.8
Monroe	837 38.7%	1,311 60.6%	15	2,163	R+21.9
Knox	646 31.1%	1,424 68.5%	9	2,079	R+37.4
Clay	652 31.9%	1,390 68.0%	1	2,043	R+36.1
Anderson	1,235 60.7%	742 36.5%	58	2,035	D+24.2
Morgan	1,342 65.9%	683 33.6%	10	2,035	D+32.4
Trigg	928 46.4%	978 48.9%	94	2,000	R+2.5
Metcalfe	896 45.5%	1,033 52.5%	39	1,968	R+7.0
Meade	1,348 69.3%	593 30.5%	5	1,946	D+38.8
Taylor	1,059 55.3%	792 41.4%	63	1,914	D+13.9
Rockcastle	777 41.6%	1,050 56.2%	42	1,869	R+14.6
Floyd	1,122 61.7%	690 37.9%	7	1,819	D+23.7
Hancock	900 49.7%	881 48.6%	30	1,811	D+1.0
McLean	972 55.1%	742 42.1%	49	1,763	D+13.0
Estill	835 47.4%	917 52.0%	10	1,762	R+4.7
Larue	1,002 57.3%	724 41.4%	22	1,748	D+15.9
Cumberland	677 39.9%	1,016 59.9%	3	1,696	R+20.0
Edmonson	762 49.5%	764 49.7%	12	1,538	R+0.1
Magoffin	660 43.2%	865 56.6%	3	1,528	R+13.4
Livingston	997 65.4%	514 33.7%	13	1,524	D+31.7
Russell	697 45.8%	804 52.8%	21	1,522	R+7.0
Elliott	1,090 71.7%	426 28.0%	4	1,520	D+43.7
Hickman	1,053 69.6%	383 25.3%	77	1,513	D+44.3
Trimble	1,195 81.6%	247 16.9%	23	1,465	D+64.7
Bullitt	996 68.8%	429 29.6%	23	1,448	D+39.2
Spencer	998 70.1%	399 28.0%	27	1,424	D+42.1
Marshall	998 71.7%	364 26.2%	29	1,391	D+45.6
Calloway	995 72.2%	340 24.7%	43	1,378	D+47.5
Oldham	826 61.8%	460 34.4%	51	1,337	D+27.4
Clinton	409 30.8%	903 68.1%	14	1,326	R+37.3
Fulton	933 71.4%	333 25.5%	40	1,306	D+45.9
Ballard	961 74.3%	321 24.8%	12	1,294	D+49.5
Jackson	231 18.2%	1,019 80.2%	20	1,270	R+62.0
Wolfe	805 63.7%	444 35.2%	14	1,263	D+28.6
Lyon	640 51.1%	573 45.8%	39	1,252	D+5.4
Bell	279 23.1%	928 76.8%	1	1,208	R+53.7
Gallatin	821 70.8%	313 27.0%	26	1,160	D+43.8
Breathitt	636 54.9%	505 43.6%	17	1,158	D+11.3
Carlisle	848 74.0%	271 23.6%	27	1,146	D+50.3
Harlan	211 19.8%	837 78.6%	17	1,065	R+58.8
Robertson	657 64.3%	346 33.9%	18	1,021	D+30.5
Perry	296 29.7%	699 70.1%	2	997	R+40.4
Owsley	248 26.1%	699 73.6%	3	950	R+47.5
Lee	432 45.6%	514 54.2%	2	948	R+8.6
Letcher	281 31.2%	616 68.3%	5	902	R+37.1
Powell	441 51.8%	403 47.4%	7	851	D+4.5
Menifee	569 69.9%	229 28.1%	16	814	D+41.8
Rowan	384 48.1%	412 51.6%	3	799	R+3.5
Martin	218 29.3%	525 70.6%	1	744	R+41.3
Leslie	66 9.1%	660 90.9%		726	R+81.8
Knott	468 73.9%	164 25.9%	1	633	D+48.0

Counties as they stood in 1888; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Kentucky in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+25.9
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+29.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+22.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+16.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.9
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+15.1
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+1.0
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+3.2
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+11.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.4
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+7.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+28.6
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+6.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+28.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+7.2
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.1
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+0.1
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+15.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+9.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+15.1
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+18.6
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+18.9
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+18.8
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+3.0
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+0.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+5.4
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+23.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+2.7
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.7
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+0.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+11.7
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+8.3
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+12.4
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+15.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+24.0
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+49.4

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